
Burkham Built LLC
About us
Our goal at Burkham Built LLC is to create beautiful spaces which both enhance the lives of our customers and reflects what each customer desires. Burkham Built LLC proudly services all of Milwaukee and surrounding areas.
Business highlights
Services we offer
Residential remodeling, carpentry-unfinished & woodworking, decks & porches, flooring sales, historical restoration & new construction, installation, insulation & siding., repair
Amenities
Free Estimates
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Throughout the process, Jeremy was organized, professional, communicative and extremely punctual.
I also felt the price was reasonable for the level of craftsmanship required.
Jeremy is a true craftsman, and I would definitely use him again!
Since neither my wife nor I have much time or any skill with decorating, we let Jeremy do most of the design, select the tile, paint colors, etc. He gave us options for everything along the way, but usually we deferred to him. During the critical first days after the demo was completed, Jeremy would gather his team and outline a plan for the day. I thought the project stayed on schedule. If there were unexpected pauses, for electrical or other subs, Jeremy would keep us informed.
In the end, he installed a new soaker tub, vanity with sink and mirror, a wider a walk in shower, replaced existing plumbing and wiring with updated materials (his subs were all excellent), re-did existing duct work and greatly improved the flow of heat and AC to the space, and laid really nice tile on the floor and walls surrounding the tub and shower and bead board on bottom half of the other walls. It was a great transformation.
Two months later we are really happy. No hiccups. Jeremy's construction is top notch and his materials high quality. To the extent possible, he kept are living spaces clean and usable throughout the project and updated us with the progress. We will definitely use him again for our many future projects.
He was professional and responsive. I told him I wanted just a simple, minimum for code requirements, way to get from the door to the ground. He quoted a good price and I agreed. My wife however, wanted a bigger deck. I called him and he said no problem and revised the estimate to take in my wife's wants. This estimate turned out to be too much for us (which I knew it would be, but doesn't hurt to ask) and then told him sorry, we wanted to go back to the original estimate/design. He was polite and fine with it and set-up to work right away. He showed up on time and worked the days he told us he would and finished it right on time.
The deck looks great! My wife even loves it (she's hard to please). The quality of the work is superb. I would definitely recommend him for any project, and it is great to know he's licensed and will do things the way they should be done.
The project itself was on the smaller side but being that the home was built in 1924 it was not without some challenges. Jeremy and his crew met the challenge and won! The entrance to our home looks beautiful! We chose Azek and Ipe, both materials more on the expensive end. Jeremy seemed excited about using those materials and his skill and craftsmanship showed. People have commented on how nice it looks as they have walked by.
His crew were quiet and respectful of the neighbors, they were on time every day, worked non-stop and cleaned up the area at the end of each day. It was a pleasant experience.
The house is 19th century Victorian, so there is a lot of detailed woodwork, some of which is pretty tricky to work with. In particular, the front porch is a semi-circle, which needed about 40% of its facia replaced. Jeremy was able to do this with a single board, which makes a big difference aesthetically.
At first, I have to admit that I thought the price was a bit high (it included an Angie's List discount), but after watching all the effort that was required, I think it was a bargain. Jeremy did all the work himself and it took a week. He was usually at the house by 7:00, and often didn't leave until 5:00. Though laid back and easy to work with, he brought a commitment to detail and doing the job the "right way" that was very much appreciated.
While working on the siding part of the project, he discovered that there was more repair work needed - too much to include in the original scope. (The area of rot was probably twice what we'd anticipated.) Jeremy completed the work we'd agreed to and explained to me the extent of the issue. He covered the area to prevent further damage. I was happy with this approach.
All went very well overall. We know that every project on our house is difficult and takes longer than expected. The project took about a week more than originally planned, but better to have done right than done early. We know some of that included waiting for inspections and running into issues that consumed more time. Jeremy and his partner took extra time to cut and frame around the existing pedestals to get a good fit of the flooring as well as the wood around the bottom, which couldn't have been an easy project.
We did have some questions about things along the way and Jeremy was always happy to answer them and work with us on ideas and changes if necessary. Most surprises came with getting the new porch up to code, which was a lot different than the existing old porch and required some changes that we didn't fully expect or necessarily like, but that couldn't be helped.
One of the issues was that I felt maybe we did not fully communicate some of the specifics that we wanted or press for certain things to be included in the work, but in the long run that was our fault and not his. When we communicated what we wanted he worked with us to get most of it done.
We love the hassle free composite flooring and the strength of the porch and know it will be a long lasting improvement to the house. I can tell that Jeremy takes pride in his work and wants to be sure it is all done right and done to last. He wants to be proud to display his sign in the yard when the is done.
"Well, it has happen to us again. A customer calls claiming to be an Angie's List member. I submit a proposal with the 10% off for being an Angie's list member. We complete the job. Then- guess what? They really weren't members at all. I have never meet [removed member name]. I feel cheated :("
There is nothing that they could have done better. I would use them again without hesitation (and probably will).
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